I like playing the social convention. If you're in a period drama, there's always something dancing underneath the surface as a human - but then you always have to conform to the social conventions around you, and those two things get to be juxtaposed against each other. You're being human, but you're trapped within the social convention of the time.

I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time.

I'd love to work across all three fields - theatre, film and TV.

There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.

To be honest, I don’t think there’s any other show like ‘Doctor Who’ at all.

I am a restless person.

I like period drama because everyone is so restrained, but they have all these emotions raging underneath.